“Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam” repeats as Sunbury Press bestseller for April

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for April. Doug Beed’s Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam: My Year as a Black Scarf took the top spot. Living in the Afterlife by Michele Livingston was runner up.

SUNBURY PRESS – Bestsellers for April, 2017 (by Revenue)

Rank

Last Month

Title

Author

Category

1

1

Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam

Doug Beed

Military Memoir

2

32

Living in the Afterlife

Michele Livingston

Spirituality

3

3

Dead of Spring

Sherry Knowlton

Thriller Fiction

4

11

Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, 2nd Ed.

Mike Campbell

History

5

NEW

Had a Dying Fall

J M West

Thriller Fiction

6

4

American Berserk

Bill Morris

Memoir

7

8

The Sea is a Thief

David Parmalee

Historical Fiction

8

—

The Penns’ Manor of Spread Eagle and the Grist Mills of the Mahantango Valley

Steve Troutman

Local History

9

—

Tulpehocken Trail Traces

Steve Troutman

Local History

10

19

The B Team

Alan Mindell

Sports Fiction

11

35

Skunks, Nuts, and Other Stories

John L Moore

Family History

12

—

Prince and the Paupers

Guy Graybill

Local History

13

21

The Closer

Alan Mindell

Sports Fiction

14

—

Winter of the Metal People

Dennis Herrick

Historical Fiction

15

10

Wonder Boy: The Story of Carl Scheib

Lawrence Knorr

Biography

16

NEW

The Honey Trap

Wade Fowler

Thriller Fiction

17

2

Embattled Freedom

Jim Remsen

History

18

—

Dead of Autumn

Sherry Knowlton

Thriller Fiction

19

—

Prohibition’s Prince

Guy Graybill

Local History

20

9

The Sign of the Eagle

Jess Steven Hughes

Historical Fiction

21

—

The Wolf of Britannia Part II

Jess Steven Hughes

Historical Fiction

22

28

Planet Jesus #1: Flesh & Blood

Doug & Shaun Brode

Supernatural Fiction

23

—

Freemasons at Gettysburg

Sheldon Munn

History

24

—

The Wolf of Britannia Part I

Jess Steven Hughes

Historical Fiction

25

38

That Night at Surigao

Ernie Marshall

History

26

NEW

Tigers by the River

Wylie McLallen

Sports History

27

17

Seinsoth

Steven k Wagner

Sports Biography

28

24

Miss Feesenschneezen Is Ill

David Parmalee

Middle Grade Fiction

29

NEW

Keystone Tombstones Battle of Gettysburg

Farrell, Farley & Knorr

Biography

30

—

Perilous Journey

Ted Brusaw

Historical Fiction

31

40

Keystone Corruption Continues

Brad Bumsted

History

32

47

Messages from Beyond

Michele Livingston

Spirituality

33

37

There Is Something about Rough and Ready

Lawrence Knorr, et al

History

34

50

Dead of Summer

Sherry Knowlton

Thriller Fiction

35

33

Pit Bulls

Anthony Julian

History

36

6

Tories, Terror, and Tea

John L Moore

History

37

45

Jesus the Phoenician

Karim El Koussa

History

38

—

Home Is a Long Time Ago

William F Lee

Historical Fiction

39

—

Ded Reckoning

William F Lee

Espionage Thriller

40

39

Bows, Bullets, and Bears

John L Moore

History

41

41

Hour 30

Brandon Musgrave

Memoir

42

—

The Heatstroke Line

Ed Rubin

Climate Fiction

43

—

Digging Dusky Diamonds

John Lindermuth

Local History

44

—

OneWay: The Oracle

Robin McClellan

Metaphysical Fiction

45

42

Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks

John L Moore

History

46

31

Fireproof Moth

Mile Thornberry

History

47

30

What Waits Beneath

Thomas Malafarina

Horror

48

NEW

A Second Revolution

C James Gilbert

Historical Fiction

49

—

Pythagoras

Karim El Koussa

Historical Fiction

50

—

Lost in the Shadow of Fame

William Lemanski

History

Doug Beed’s Vietnam memoir Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam, was #1 due to brisk sales, especially on the Kindle platform, upon its release. Medium Michele Livingston’s Living in the Afterlife took #2 due to her regular media appearances. Sherry Knowlton’s Dead of Springheld at #3 due to her successful Earth Day release campaign. Mike Campbell’s Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last took #4 due to a spike in interest in the aviatrix. J M West’s latest volume in the Carlisle Crime Casesseries, Had a Dying Fall was #5 thanks to author activities.